News and op-eds
The latest news and editorials related to issues pertinent to the vision and mission of the Platform.
News and op-eds
The latest news and editorials related to issues pertinent to the vision and mission of the Platform.
14 July 2025
Seville, 30 June 2025 - At the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4), the Donor Platform hosted a high-level side event titled “Financing Agrifood Systems for People, Planet and Prosperity,” marking the launch of a new White Paper that calls for a dramatic shift in how the world invests in agrifood systems.
11 March 2025
The International Cooperation (IC) Strategy for the years 2025 to 2028 defines Switzerland’s priorities for development and economic cooperation, humanitarian aid and the promotion of peace and human rights. The IC Strategy is implemented by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), the FDFA's Peace and Human Rights Division (PHRD), and the EAER's State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO).
28 February 2025
By Daphne Ewing-Chow, Senior Contributor, Forbes. Now is the time to reimagine foreign aid in a changing world and explore the pressing need for smarter, more adaptive foreign aid solutions, particularly in the face of rising global hunger and malnutrition.
16 December 2024
Co-Chairs Bruce Campbell (Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation - SDC) and Federica de Gaetano (Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, AICS) are featured in the Devex 2024 Global Voices list, for their opinion piece on “How blended finance can catalyse private capital for agriculture”, originally published on 1 October 2024.
